The 21-year-old, daughter of country singer Billy Ray Cyrus, first rose to fame in 2006 after being cast in the Disney Channel television series Hannah Montana, in which she portrayed the starring character Miley Stewart.

She signed with Hollywood Records the following year and her debut studio album Meet Miley Cyrus sold over four million copies.

In 2008, Cyrus released her second album Breakout, which featured the successful track 7 Things, and launched her film career as the voice actress in the animated film Bolt.

Cyrus switched to a sexually explicit public image while promoting her fourth studio album Bangerz.

It debuted at number one on both the Billboard Top 200 Album chart and the Digital Album Charts.

The two singles taken from Bangerz have enjoyed almost unprecedented success.

Wrecking Ball and We Can’t Stop have already sold 4.3 million copies in the US alone and topped the chart in many countries around the world including New Zealand, where they are both multi-platinum selling singles.